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In the Matter of Norman Bezio,, Respondent,v.Leroy Dorsey, Appellant.

Brief

18 Cited authorities

  1. Turner v. Safley

    482 U.S. 78 (1987)   Cited 10,149 times   11 Legal Analyses
    Holding a regulation unconstitutional after noting that the prison "pointed to nothing in the record suggesting" the existence of a rational connection between the regulation and the asserted government interest and that "[c]ommon sense likewise suggests that there is no [such] connection"

  2. Greenholtz v. Nebraska Penal Inmates

    442 U.S. 1 (1979)   Cited 5,803 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding the Constitution does not create a protected liberty interest in a prisoner's release prior to the expiration of a valid sentence

  3. Washington v. Harper

    494 U.S. 210 (1990)   Cited 2,100 times   14 Legal Analyses
    Holding that inmates have liberty interest in avoiding unwanted administration of psychotropic drugs

  4. Vitek v. Jones

    445 U.S. 480 (1980)   Cited 1,982 times   4 Legal Analyses
    Holding that "the stigmatizing consequences of a transfer to a mental hospital for involuntary psychiatric treatment, coupled with the subjection of the prisoner to mandatory behavior modification as a treatment for mental illness, constitute the kind of deprivations of liberty that requires procedural protections"

  5. Cruzan ex rel. Cruzan v. Director, Missouri Department of Health

    497 U.S. 261 (1990)   Cited 853 times   2 Legal Analyses
    Holding that a "person has a constitutionally protected liberty interest in refusing unwanted medical treatment"

  6. Mills v. Rogers

    457 U.S. 291 (1982)   Cited 224 times
    Finding that "the substantive rights provided by the federal Constitution define only a minimum state law may recognize liberty interests more extensive than those independently protected by the federal Constitution"

  7. Walker v. Horn

    385 F.3d 321 (3d Cir. 2004)   Cited 180 times
    Holding robbery is not automatically admissible under Rule 609 because "it does not involve communicative or expressive dishonesty"

  8. Rivers v. Katz

    67 N.Y.2d 485 (N.Y. 1986)   Cited 274 times
    Recognizing right of involuntarily committed patient to refuse unwanted administration of anti-psychotic medication

  9. Freeman v. Berge

    441 F.3d 543 (7th Cir. 2006)   Cited 136 times
    Finding that the plaintiff "was the author of his deprivation rather than a victim of punishment" where he refused to wear pants when his meals were delivered

  10. Martinez v. Turner

    977 F.2d 421 (8th Cir. 1992)   Cited 138 times
    Holding that "an inmate's mere disagreement with the course of medical treatment he received does not give rise to a constitutional claim."

  11. Section 1983 - Civil action for deprivation of rights

    42 U.S.C. § 1983   Cited 486,409 times   688 Legal Analyses
    Holding liable any state actor who "subjects, or causes [a person] to be subjected" to a constitutional violation

  12. Section 549.60 - Purpose and scope

    28 C.F.R. § 549.60   Cited 1 times

    The Bureau of Prisons provides guidelines for the medical and administrative management of inmates who engage in hunger strikes. It is the responsibility of the Bureau of Prisons to monitor the health and welfare of individual inmates, and to ensure that procedures are pursued to preserve life. 28 C.F.R. § 549.60 45 FR 23365, 4/4/1980, as amended at 59 FR 31883, 6/20/1994